SS8 Glossary

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 lines of latitude
 imaginary lines that run east and west across the Earth.
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 lines of longitude
 imaginary lines that run North and South across the Earth.
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 equator
 an imaginary line that circles the Earth halfway between the North and South Pole 2 0 degrees latitude.
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 North Pole
 90 degrees North latitude
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 South Pole
 90 degrees South latitude
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 Prime Meridian
 an imaginary line passing through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England, which marks the 0 degree line of longitude
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 hemisphere
 Half of the Earth
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 coordinates
 a set of numbers that describes your location on or above the Earth. Coordinates are typically based on latitude or longitude.
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 absolute location
 exact location of a place on the Earth described by global coordinates.
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 relative location
 a general location of where a place is located. It is often expressed as a direction and distance. (5o Km South)

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